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Monday, November 19, 2012

The dancing
started after dinner was done, Ashley & Mike made their speeches before
James & I thank everyone for making it. At some point James saw the grooms
cake I had made for him, in the shape of a Stanley Cup, which he
thought was the best thing ever, the rest of the hockey players loved it too.

After we danced
our first dance, to "Me and You" by Kenny Chesney, some other songs
played before James grabbed the microphone from the DJ booth.

"Can I
please have my beautiful wife join me on the dance floor?" He announces,
as I make my way towards him.

I face him when
he tells me to not look anywhere but at him, and he's telling me this as he's
looking to the door, like signaling for someone to walk in.

James takes my
hand as I recognize the song starting when singer comes out onto the dance floor. James
had somehow pulled some strings and got Brantley Gilbert to come and sing
"My Kind of Crazy" at our wedding. Holy cow!! He is one of my
favorite country singers and how James got him out here, well that just won him
major points in my book! He even signed his guitar and gave it to us to keep!

The rest of the
night was amazing. We cut into the cake and had more champagne as the night
went on and the dancing continued. James and I called it a night around 12:30,
which was about the time everyone else started leaving.

The next
morning we had breakfast at the hotel with our families and the wedding party,
and then went to my parents house to get more sleep and pack for our honeymoon,
that we were leaving for the next day, which I STILL don't know where we're
going.

Morning came
and my parents took us to the airport for our flight out to the BAHAMAS!! Ah
I'm beyond excited because I've seen so many pictures before and I've always
wanted to go out there. And now I am! With my husband! :D

I think it
should be a requirement to take a 6 day vacation to the Bahamas every year!
That was probably one of the best vacations I have ever been on. I did
get sick a few times when we went out on a boat, which is never fun but I
battled through it. Unfortunately, it was time to go back to New Mexico to make
the drive back home.

It had been a
month and I had officially changed my name on everything. It felt good to
see everything say Jamie Neal. I loved it. I was back in the office by the next
Monday, planning the red carpet event for the upcoming home opener...yeah,
already. But it was a new season & oh yeah, we have a Stanley Cup banner to
raise! :)

James started
heading home to get ready for Jordan & Heather's engagement dinner. After
leaving the office, I was thinking about stopping for groceries when I heard a
whole bunch of noises around me and everything went black.

*

"Where's Jay?" Jordan asks as him, Heather & I stand in the kitchen

"I don't know, I thought she would
have been home by now, she's never late for anything," I say

Then my phone rings, I'm hoping it’s Jay
but its some random number, which I almost don't answer, but something is telling
me I need to

"Hello?" I say

"Mr. Neal? Are you related to Jamie
Neal?" The man on the line asks

"Yes, she's my wife, what happened?
Where is she?" I say, now panicking

"She's been in a car accident, Mr.
Neal. You need to come to UPMC right away,"

"Is she going to be ok?"

"She's beat up pretty bad, but yes
sir, she'll be fine,"

"I'll be right there," I say and
hang up

I was unbelievably thankful that Staalzy
& Heather were there, because I was in no state to drive. I barely give
Jordan time to park before I run into the hospital & the receptionist is
sending me to the 3rd floor as a million things are running through my head.

The nurse leads me to the room where Jay is;
I walk in to see her laying in the bed, motionless. My beautiful wife, bruised
up and bleeding. I can't help but break down and cry.

I'm in the hallway when the doctor comes to tell me she has
bruised ribs, bruises from the seatbelt & airbags, a cut on her arm and a
bruised cheekbone. But she will make a full recovery and be ok, thank god
because that was the most important thing.

I had to talk to the police officer; he
told me that she was extremely lucky with not getting any worse injuries.
The driver who hit her was drunk and pinned her in the car between his
car and the guardrail. He suffered minor injuries & totaled both cars but is in jail,
and will be for a long time with his history.

"I was so scared James, I had no idea
what happened," she tells me, crying into my embrace

"You're ok, and that's what's
important. The accident was pretty bad, I was so scared for you too, I can't lose
you," I tell her

"I love you so much baby, I'm glad
your here, I don't like it here,"

"I love you too, the doctor is doing her best, and I'm going to take you home as soon as I can," I say, kissing
her forehead, reassuring her

"We're supposed to be going to
dinner!" she says

"I think Jordan & Heather will
understand, they were who brought me here, they're in the waiting room,"

A few hours later, the doctor gives us the
OK for Jay to be discharged, she hands me some paperwork to help with her
injuries, and prescriptions to pick up.

We got Jay to Jordan's car & head
home. I was so thankful to have her home where I could be with her.

People always say those are the phone
calls where your heart sinks, the calls you never want to get. That is
definitely a call I never want to get again, but I'm thanking god that her
injuries weren't any worse.

I tell Staalzy to go enjoy their dinner but
him and Heather both want to make sure she's ok, Heather offers to go for her
prescriptions, which I am also thankful for. They are both so unbelievable to
stick around and help me.

"How is she?" Heather asks as I
walk into the kitchen

"Better, she's asleep. She had things
running through her mind that she told me, and started crying again," I
say

"Poor girl. I'm glad she's ok
though," Staalzy says

"Me too, I don't know what I'd do
without her,"

"Take care of her, that's what you do
best," she says

"Thank you guys so much for
everything, really."

"Absolutely. Go take care of you're
wife, don't hesitate to call if you need anything,"

"Will do,"

*

The last few
days had been such a blur. I don't remember much from the accident, just the
EMTs asking for my name & someone to call. Oh & the pain too.
I've been doing nothing but lying in bed sleeping.

James called my
parents for me to let them know what happened, and his parents also, all of who
asked if he needed help, which he kindly declined. Plenty of the wags
came by with food and stuff; Vero spent a lot of time with me too, since they
live close. I had to get some stitches removed, and I could finally lay in a
nice hot bath, which I've been dying to do for so long.

Tonight is the
home opener and even though I couldn't do anymore planning with the wags, I was
dying to go to see the Stanley cup banner being raised & of course to
support my husband, because he's been nothing but a life saver since the
accident.

We got to the
arena the same time James always does. I'll admit I was pretty scared to be in
a car again, I was jumpy on our way to the arena and cringed a couple times
when cars pulled out next to us. James held my hand the whole time because he
could sense my nerves.

Miranda was
there already, and so was Allie & Melissa. The girls asked about the
accident, I only told what I could remember, and that James told me that my car
was totaled. I loved my car so much, I was dreading getting a new one.

I was already
still an emotional wreck, so the banner raising ceremony was a little emotional
already. The game against the Avs started out pretty slow, but we won 4-2. Good
start to the season I must say so myself :)

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Hey yall! SO sorry for the delay! The end of summer got crazy & then with this dumb lockout, Ive been getting writers block! But here's an update FINALLY & there will also be one for my Toews story!

Oh & in other news--Im moving to PA next month to live with my sister for a while...super excited! So hopefully that will give me some encouragement :)

Enjoy!

~J

After we ran through everything, it was time for dinner.
Something I was so excited for, since we can all hang out and relax (or try to
anyways) and eat some amazing BBQ. James & I had our gifts to give out to
our wedding party as well.

As soon as we got to my parents house, I had to take
something to the bedroom. Once I got a minute to myself, I couldn’t hold it in
anymore & I just started crying my eyes out.

“Baby? What’s wrong?” James asks, closing the door behind
him and pulling me in

“I’m just anxious, all my emotions are coming out at once
and I couldn’t hold it in anymore,” I say

“So this isn’t a bad thing?” he asks, halfway laughing

“No, I’m just a little emotional. Today was a little crazy
too. I’m just ready to do everything & get married,”

“I know today was crazy, and some of it was unnecessary, but
we’re going to get through it,”
“I’m actually really glad I don’t have to deal with Bailey anymore, I cant
believe she did that. Well, never mind, I can,”

“Can I be honest with you?” he asks

“Yeah,” I say, hesitating

“I never really liked her to begin with,”

“That doesn’t surprise me…a lot of people don’t,”
“I’m surprised you didn’t cuss up a storm at her,” he says, laughing

“Ya know, I was about there, until I remembered we were in
church, so it wouldn’t be very appropriate,”

“Are you ok now? I know this is getting stressful, but
everything’s falling into place. We’re getting married tomorrow!”

“I know! Yeah, I’m good. Better now,”

“Ok, then lets go mingle and eat,” James says, taking my
hand in his & leading me out to where everyone started arriving

Everyone had shown up so we started eating. I got a call at
some point from Diana at the bakery to let me know the cakes were ready. So I
had to figure out how those were going to get over to the casino, once I gave
her Nicole’s name & number, she said she had worked with her before so that
gave me a little more relief. There was also a guy working there that knew
exactly how the Stanley cup looked, so he’d be the one to go with her and put
it together and add all the finishing touches. So the cakes are taken care of.

We went to join the rest of the group in the back yard and
grabbed some food and began reminiscing on a few old stories.Mike told about when James called their mom,
the day after we all went to Diesel, to tell her that he met the girl he was
going to marry…I had no idea of this either, but I thought it was cute. I was
grateful to have a brother-in-law like Mike, he’s so caring and so protective
of me, and I know I could trust him with a lot.

Before we cut the cake that my best friend made for us,
James and I got our gifts to give to the bridal party to give those out as
well. James gave the guys flasks & I gave the girls little baskets with a
clutch for tomorrow, full of mints & lip-gloss plus a white button up
blouse to wear for our hair & make up session in the morning.

The time came for James and I to go our separate ways until
the ceremony tomorrow.He snuck me away
for a minute to give me the goodbye kiss he would never give in front of our
family. Wow. That’s all I have to say about that.

James took the car with the guys and went back to the hotel
for the night, I joked and told them not to lose too much money gambling, cause
we could use it for our honeymoon…which I still had NO idea where we were
going. And James isn’t the greatest at keeping secrets, so he was doing pretty
well at keeping quiet.

Guess what! I’m getting MARRIED today!! Holy cow, it’s so
crazy to think about but so exciting! I did get a little emotional…but that’s
normal right? And it was good emotions, obviously. I’m marrying my best friend!

The girls and I get up to shower and have breakfast, and
then make a pit stop at Starbucks before heading to Natalie’s, where her and
Rachel are doing our hair and makeup.We
spent most of the day gossiping and chatting with the girls; I was so thankful
that I could get them to do this for me, out of Nat’s house too, since neither
of them is at a salon anymore.

Nicole texted me letting me know she was on her way to the
casino. She is going to do pictures of the guys, while Amanda does our
pictures.

We were all done up and going back to my parents house to
finish getting ready! Ah I was getting anxious and excited all at once.We had sandwiches for lunch, calmed my nerves
a little bit.

Amanda brought us a little gift back with mini bottles of
alcohol…just what I needed! She took some pictures of us in our button ups,
before we figured we should get into our dresses.Once the girls were dressed, I got my wedding
day lingerie on, plus the garters, and then it was dress time! I am so
unbelievably in love with my dress, it’s crazy.

Once we were all ready, it was time to go to the
church.Mom and I made sure we had
everything we needed. My overnight bag was already in the room where James and
I were staying tonight.

When we got to the church, I had Vero run in to make sure
James was out of sight, and also to get Mike, so I could give him my ring.The coast was clear, so we all went in
straight to the choir room where we’d hang out until its time for the ceremony
to start.

A few family members stopped by to see us before the ceremony.I had Amanda call James to our room, so we
could get a picture together, without seeing each other, obviously. It was
almost time to start, when my dad came in, with a surprise for me.

“You might want to have your camera ready,” mom tells
Amanda,

“What are you talking about?” I ask her, confused

Not a second later, my dad walks in, with my older brother
and his wife behind him

“Shut up. What!” I say, in complete shock

“Surprise!” David says

I’m definitely glad Amanda caught that on camera.

“I’m speechless right now, I thought y’all couldn’t make
it!” between hugs

“We couldn’t at first, but I pulled some strings, and well
here we are!”

“I had a few people add plus 1’s to their RSVP cards, so I
knew you wouldn’t question it,” dad says

“You little sneak!” I say, taking Kleenex to dry my eyes

“I know,” he responds, laughing

So the ceremony begins.We ended up having Sid walk my mom in, then the rest of the party
followed.Then, it was my turn. The
first sight of James that I got, I was already almost crying & he was too,
so cute.

I am OFFICIALLY Mrs. Neal! And it feels great! I’m pretty
sure I was crying nearly the whole time and so were all the girls.We all stood out of the church to say hi to
everyone before the endless pictures.One of my really good friends, who was also a hockey wife, and her
husband made it down, which made me really happy.

After all the pictures, and the ride to the hotel &
casino, James and I ran up to our suite, before heading in to the reception
hall.The veil had been taken off, my
dress was bustled and the girls and I switched into more comfortable shoes, and
then went to make our entrance.

The wedding party walked into the hall dancing to “Sexy and
I know it”, then James and I walked into “I Can’t Help Fallin’ in Love with you”.Needlessly to say, it turned out perfect J

I took to Pinterest for a lot of my ideas, including our
guest book being our top 2 favorite engagement photos, so we could hang them up
in the house.We also did the “fight box”
during the ceremony.James and I had
both written letters to each other the night before, while my mom provided the
box and a bottle of our favorite wine, we nailed it shut & had it ready in
case we got into a huge fight, I thought it was a creative idea.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

**Hey yall! Here's a shorter update that I thought I'd post! Wasnt really sure how to break this one up...so another full chapter will be up soon! :)

~J

Before we knew it, we were leaving for New Mexico; it was
going to be a loooooong road trip. Miranda and Max skipped out on Vegas as
well, so they came with us too.

After a 3-day drive, we arrived in Albuquerque and it was
good to be back.Getting in with a
little over a week before the wedding made things way less stressful, I was
able to get a final dress fitting in and Miranda picked up her dress, Kelsey’s
and Vero’s too.

We had done a few other changes too, the girls and I had
found really cute yellow heels for them to wear, and my heels are the same blue
as their dresses. We got the cake from my favorite bakery, and after the boys
won the cup, I decided to surprise James with a groom’s cake in the shape of
the Stanley cup. He’s going to die when he sees it!

Our combined bachelor/bachelorette parties are tomorrow, so
the rest of the group from Pittsburgh would be getting in today.Everyone had gotten situated into their rooms
at the casino where the reception was going to be, except for James and I, we
were staying at my parents house until the night before the wedding, when James
would join the guys at the hotel and the girls would all crash at my parents
house.

The girls and I went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner, while
the guys opted for Twin Peaks…and I have TK to thank for that one, I don’t know
how he figured that one out. Great.

The night of dancing was about to commence.We got into Dirty Bourbon at the same time as
the guys and went straight to the dance floor.To know that James had learned how to two-step from his days in Dallas
made me a happy fiancé, not to mention Kelsey and I dragging them out to the
country bar back home.

We all had such an amazing time, I was glad that James and I
could agree on doing the bachelor/bachelorette parties together, because it
just made it that much more fun.

Wedding weekend was finally here! I couldn’t believe how
fast time just flew by.On Friday
morning, all the girls and I, along with my mom & sisters, went to the nail
salon for our manicures & pedicures.I debated on giving the girls their bridal party presents, but I decided
to do that later in the night at the rehearsal dinner.

We grabbed a quick lunch then headed back to my parent’s
house to meet up with the guys, who went to play golf with my dad while the
girls got pampered. The rest of the day was pretty relaxed until it was time to
head to the church for rehearsal.

From what I had heard from the people surrounding me, I was
doing good at not being a crazy bridezilla…well for those who weren’t at the
church for the rehearsal, can keep thinking that.

At some point when I was having the bridal party line up,
Bailey was putting herself behind Ashley, the MOH, when she was after Kelsey.
We decided WAY in advance that, after me, it would go tallest to shortest; it
worked great for the girls and even worked out pretty well for the guys. So
clearly it was Ashley, Vero, Miranda, Kelsey & Bailey. And she wasn’t
having it.

“You’ve known me way longer then all of these girls, and I’m
walking LAST?” she says

REALLY! Shits about to hit the fan.

“First of all, that’s a lie, I’ve known Ashley the longest.
Secondly, James & I decided forever ago how we were going to place
everybody & you just happened to be last,” I say, trying not to snap

“But you’ve still known me longer then these girls, I’m
supposed to be your best friend,”

“I know that, but these girls are my best friends too, and
all of you, I treat equally, like family, not by who I’ve known longer. You’re
walking with Sidney, that’s where he is…& he’s not complaining!”
“Well I just think this is…”

“You think it’s what? This is MY wedding! You already had
your turn, now it’s mine. So guess what? You can walk with Sidney, in that spot
with him. OR you can exclude yourself from the wedding party. It’s as simple as
that.”

Bailey doesn’t even say anything; she just turns around and
walks out. Something I knew she would do. Her loss, not mine.

So I do my best to not have a nervous break down while James
comes to comfort me, and we continue on with the rehearsal.

“Ok, well lets arrange it so Sid walks in solo, sorry Sid,”
I say apologetically to him

“It’s ok, really. You did good standing you’re ground,” Sid
says with a smile. That is why I love that man.

“Thanks. So he’ll walk in, then when y’all start to walk
out, you come over on the other side of Kelsey and she’ll walk with both of
y’all,”

“Whoop, Kelsey’s a PIMP,” Miranda yells

“What, what!” Kelsey says with a little victory dance

“Ok, lets run it through that way, yeah?” James says

We run through it all 3 times, then a 4th for
good measure. Everything looks perfect & suddenly, I like the fact that
Sidney is walking down with Kelsey and Tyler. It just looked good and Sid
didn’t mind, because he’s just that kind of guy.

Monday, July 16, 2012

FINALLY getting this up! Hope yall are still following it, I promise I have more time now since graduating so I will do more updates! Enjoy :)

~J

Morning comes, my parents spend time with my aunt and uncle,
and James comes with Jordan and I to find an engagement ring for Heather.Apparently he had done a bit of research when
he helped James pick out my engagement ring.He found a gorgeous ring for her.He was beyond excited when he handed over his credit card.I asked if he knew when he was going to
propose, when James yelled at me to not get in his business, but Jordan didn’t
mind. He came down to either asking her when we win the cup, or at the parade.
I didn’t even try asking him what he would do if we didn’t win…because it’s a
cardinal rule. And he brought it up first, so I just went with it.

We ended up running into my family at South Side Works, so
we decided to do lunch at the Cheesecake Factory before the boys wanted to go
home and rest, because tomorrow is the big day! Game 1 of the finals against
the Nashville Predators.

We won game 1, and then game 2 in overtime. The guys felt
pretty confident heading out to Nashville, the girls had never been out there,
so we decided to go, we left the day after I said bye to my parents until I’d
see them again for the wedding.

Nashville was such a fun place to be, especially since the
last time I was out there; my family and I got stuck in a tornado. Things were
different this time; Heather, Janelle and Miranda joined Kelsey, Vero and
I.So while the boys had practice and
whatnot, we explored the city.

Before we knew it, we were back in Pittsburgh.The guys lost game 4, which was a
heartbreaking, loss. Marc Andre had a tough game, having let in 5 goals in a 5-1
loss, but like he always does, he put it behind him and was ready for game
5.

I don’t know how the boys were so calm, knowing that the
Stanley Cup was in the building tonight, and that we had the chance to win it
at home, in front of our fans.Mario
delivered another motivational message to the guys that got them pumped up,
just like they were the last time they won the cup. James was even more excited
to know that his parents were going to be sitting in the box with the girls and
I tonight.

I had been doing well at keeping Jordan’s promise and not
saying anything about him proposing to Heather.

“Hey Jay,” Jordan says, as I walk into the locker room with
James

“Hi Jordan!” I say, giving him a hug

“So can I trust you with the ring for the game tonight?” He
asks, with the box in his hand

“Absolutely! I don’t have my purse though to keep it in,” I
tell him

“Here babe, why don’t you just wear my jacket, you can put
it in there,” James tells me

“Ok, I can put it in the inside pocket,”
“Ok, just don’t forget it’s there and take it out on accident,”
“I wont, and if we run by the locker room later, I’ll take it out before I drop
off the jacket,”
“Perfect!” he says

So I walk back out to the lounge right as Heather is walking
in…keep your mouth shut Jay!

The game did NOT start out how we wanted to. The Predators
took an early 2-0 lead, Vero was as nervous as ever, at one point she grabbed
my hand and squeezed it so hard, I was almost positive I lost the feeling in
it, but we were all in the same position when it came to being nervous for our
guys.

The team, and their hockey sticks, seemed to have woken up
going into the 2nd period, scoring 3 goals within 10 minutes to take
the lead, that let us girls breathe a sigh of relief.

We were half way through the 3rd; the Predators
had tied it up, before James scored the go-ahead (&his 2nd) goal
of the game. I was so nervous at the fact that we were less then 7 minutes away
from winning our 4th Stanley Cup. Jordan reassured us when he scored
with 3 minutes left, and the most amazing backhanded shot ever.

“Oh, Lord Stanley, Lord Stanley, Bring me the Brandy!”

That was all we needed to hear & we are running
through the arena to get to ice level. I made sure to take Jordan’s ring out of
James’ jacket before throwing it in the locker room, and then we made our way
to the ice with the Neal’s and the Staal’s close behind us.

The Predators had left the ice after the handshake and our
celebrations were underway.I was
talking to Max and Kris when James skated over and picked me up in a hug.I was unbelievably proud of him as well as
they guys for their performance; their play through the entire playoffs had
been like I’d never seen them play before.

Jordan came by to grab the ring from me and skated over to
Heather, where she was talking with the rest of the Staal’s that made it
down.He pulled her to the side and got
right down on one knee and asked her to marry him, cutest proposal ever!

The entire night was a blur of Jordan’s proposal, the on ice
and locker room celebration, everyone running around everywhere…oh yeah and the
presentation of the cup! And the Conn Smyth trophy to who? Mr. James Neal J

June was flying by so quickly.Sid and some of the guys had planned on going
to Vegas for the NHL Awards, James and I contemplated it…any excuse is an
excuse to go to Vegas! But with the wedding coming up and us going back to New
Mexico soon, we decided to pass. Vegas would always be there.

About Me

Graduated from UNM in July. Relocated to Carlisle, Pennsylvania to live with my sister & her family, that also means I'm 3 hours away from Pittsburgh! :) I LOVE hockey! I have the worst hockey withdraws during off season. My 2 favorite teams are the Penguins and the Blackhawks. Anything you wanna know, just ask! :)